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Sunday, July 31, 2011

I recently started to play over at My Scrapbook Nook. Oh man, that place is a hoppin'! I had loads of fun putting together this happy card....how can you go wrong with October Afternoon & some felt thickers to top it off?

What would new release festivities be without a chance to win prizes? We'll draw one of you to win In Tandem from comments left on The Craft's Meow Store blogpost for today. However, I hope you'll still leave some love for all the designers as you hop around to see their cards... they deserve it!!! You'll have until 10:00 pm Pacific tonight to make the rounds and leave comments. The winner will be revealed in tomorrow's post over on The Craft's Meow Store blog. Enjoy and good luck!!!

There was a year that was filled with life events...some good, some bad...some very bad. I believe I needed those couple of years in between to find out about myself...realize that things happen for a reason...to realize what I wanted out of life and who I wanted in my life.

definition from the Urban Dictionary:

karma

The Buddhist belief that whatever you do comes back to you, e.g. if you do something good, something good will happen to you, and vice versa.

I've been doing a great job all week using some neglected goodies...today I'm using {the retired} Old School by Pink Paislee. I teamed it up with some fab Sassy Stitch Blossoms...love those things!

The Telegram set is wonderful...you gals are going to LOVE it!

What would new release festivities be without a chance to win prizes? We'll draw one of you to win Telegram from comments left on The Craft's Meow Store blogpost for today. However, I hope you'll still leave some love for all the designers as you hop around to see their cards... they deserve it!!! You'll have until 10:00 pm Pacific tonight to make the rounds and leave comments. The winner will be revealed in tomorrow's post over on The Craft's Meow Store blog. Enjoy and good luck!!!

Friday, July 29, 2011

I've had the sizzix apple folder and finally used it!!!! I thought it was perfect for the dry erase board and sentiment....for us oldies, no more blackboards in the classrooms...actually they had dry erase and now they are smart boards! When I was in elementary school I loved erasing the blackboards and then finishing them off with the velvet like eraser so it would be super clean...you youngies probably don't even remember...LOL

What would new release festivities be without a chance to win prizes? We'll draw one of you to win Owl See You in Class from comments left on The Craft's Meow Store blogpost for today. However, I hope you'll still leave some love for all the designers as you hop around to see their cards... they deserve it!!! You'll have until 10:00 pm Pacific tonight to make the rounds and leave comments. The winner will be revealed in tomorrow's post over on The Craft's Meow Store blog. Enjoy and good luck!!!

Yup, working with some of my neglected papers...these patterns are by Dream Street...My card was inspired by the latest FTL150:

What would new release festivities be without a chance to win prizes? We'll draw one of you to win Owl Be Thinking of You from comments left on The Craft's Meow Store blogpost for today. However, I hope you'll still leave some love for all the designers as you hop around to see their cards... they deserve it!!! You'll have until 10:00 pm Pacific tonight to make the rounds and leave comments. The winner will be revealed in tomorrow's post over on The Craft's Meow Store blog. Enjoy and good luck!!!

A ginormous thank you to the gals over at Simply Scrapping Crafts for having me along for the fun ride!!!I hope that you'll play along! I'm also going to sneak in my weekly Jingle Belles card...This week Ros Crawford came up with a fab challenge...Oh HOLE-y Night!to make aperture (or "window") cardI was able to make my card speedy quick....

LOL...can you guess why it took me no time to put this together?! I did actually use my spellbinders to make the window and the white frame for the window...No sewing...gasp! I was in multi-tasking mode and it completely slipped my mind...I didn't realize it until I had edited the pic and uploaded it into the post...by that time, there is no going back and the fact that I had used my ATG and glue dots...no peeling off those layers.

Actually, my card was going to be a Happy Birthday card but I set down the Happy Birthday sentiment on my work top...ugh, what was I thinking?!!!!! When I do my mega crafting marathons, my area looks like a tornado has ripped through it...so, instead of taking the time to look for it {are you neat freaks cringing now?!}, my card became a Congratulations card...just so you know, I found the Happy Birthday...LOL.

You won't wanna miss the fabbie goodness from the other gals on the Skipping Stones Design Team:

Monday, July 25, 2011

Hello! Welcome to the EAD Designs Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from the EAD Designs Blog, if not, you'll want to start there so you don't miss out on any of the fun!

Every week we have a give-a-way during our blog hop...how can YOU win? Start at the EAD Designs blog, leave a comment and follow the hop! Make sure that you leave comments on each of the Design Team Member's blog...easy smeasy:) Ahem, I might just be slinging out the goodies this week:)

This week on my blog, you'll notice that I'll be using stuff from my stash. Good grief, I have a ton of stuff and even my 'older' schtuff I still love, I just tend to neglect it.

Today's shaped card is a great example of that...the papers are October Afternoon:

Sunday, July 24, 2011

I'm going to be a busy crafty girl for most of the day...lots to do and can't wait to get started!

I have been having a love/hate dealio with all the CHA hoop'la....mostly because I'm not a millionaire and I can't afford all the FAB new stuff that they are showing...another CHA goes by and I didn't get to go, but I'm crossing my fingers for the Winter CHA 2012:)

I actually don't have a card or layout to share with you today but I did want to sneak in some pictures that my boy has taken and edited...I won't be shy, I think the boy has talent:)

the boy took a pic of the girl holding those sweet blue blooms...

Hip 2b Square

I finally had the opportunity to get inside a 'new to me' brick and mortar scrapbooking shop that isn't too far from where I live...it is called Hip 2b Square..not just scrapbooking. My timing was fabulous as Amy Heller was there {Hi Amy!} teaching a class and I had the chance to finally chat with that super over the top talented gal! I wish that I could have taken the class but my day was packed'ola. This shop is pretty fabbie and I will definitely be going back...I should have taken pics but with the class going, I didn't want to be a distraction:)

That's it for me....it's going to be a SUPER busy week on my blog...so be prepared:)

Saturday, July 23, 2011

I {{heart}} this picture of me and my boy....I posted it on my blog and had a ton of comments about how he towers over me...this is when I insert that I'm a petite 4'8"...my boy is at 5'4" and still growing....hoping that he takes after his Scandinavian heritage on the height vs his Japanese. Although truth be told, he has exceeded my brothers in height...

Love how the orange zig zaggin' makes for a fun detail...btw, that orange thread is vintage...it is on a wooden spool...I tend to hoard it but thought it would be way too fun to add to this layout:)

I confess, I'm a collection kind of girl...when I buy schtuff...I buy a ton of schtuff in that collection. It makes it easy for me to work with and good grief, who can resist? All but the embellies are ala Pebbles...I adore their Happy Go Lucky line..The alpha's are American Crafts. I'm chuckling because before I knew it, the layout turned out more girlie that I had originally planned but hey, it works:)

The label panel that the '14' rests on is upcycled from a Starbucks sleeve:) The PTI Orange Zest buttons have been strung together...I like that look..hence that string tail that you see..